Recent progresses in gene delivery-based bone tissue engineering

Gene therapy has converged with bone engineering over the past decade, by which a variety of therapeutic genes have been delivered to stimulate bone repair. These genes can be administered via in vivo or ex vivo approach using either viral or nonviral vectors. This article reviews the fundamental aspects and recent progresses in the gene therapy-based bone engineering, with emphasis on the new genes, viral vectors and gene delivery approaches.     

AcMNPV肌动蛋白核定位基因的亚细胞定位

当前细胞核内肌动蛋白的功能是一个研究热点,核内存在肌动蛋白并参与细胞核内发生的许多生命活动。杆状病毒是迄今唯一报道的利用核内肌动蛋白进行复制增殖的病原微生物,为核内肌动蛋白的结构与功能的研究提供了独特的系统。有报道显示AcMNPV的ie-1,pe38,ac4,he65,ac102和ac152基因与肌动蛋白单体的核转运有关,然而关于这六个基因的亚细胞定位及其在肌动蛋白入核过程中的功能并没有深入的研究。本文首次揭示了这六个基因的亚细胞定位,IE1和AC152是全细胞分布,PE38和AC102也为核质分布,但主要分布在细胞核中,而AC4和HE65定位于细胞质。但AC102和IE1可以分别介导AC4和HE65入核。同时我们发现当使用外源强启动子OpIE2,在转染ie-1或pe38之后表达ac4和he65可以部分招募肌动蛋白单体入核,而时序性共转染这四个基因则可招募最多肌动蛋白单体入核。对肌动蛋白核定位基因在细胞中的定位分析为进一步了解杆状病毒介导肌动蛋白入核的分子机理提供支持。     

Baculovirus Actin-Based Motility Drives Nuclear Envelope Disruption and Nuclear Egress

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粉纹夜蛾细胞系QB—Tn9-4s的克隆以及克隆株生物学特性的研究

对粉纹夜蛾Trichoplusia ni细胞系QB-Tn9-4s进行细胞克隆,获得了8个细胞克降株,分别命名为QB-Tn-A、B、C、D、E、F、G和H.对基因组DNA进行RAPD-PCR鉴定,各细胞克隆株与原始细胞系具有相同的DNA扩增谱带.各细胞克隆株在形态和生物学特性方面表现出一定的差异.克隆株QB-Tn-A、B、c、D和E以梭形细胞为主,大约占细胞总数的60%～80%;F、G和H以棒状细胞为主,比例分别为44.5%、49.5%和80.O%.8个克隆株对苜蓿银纹夜蛾核型多角体病毒(AcMNPV)均较敏感,感染率均在92%以上,平均每个细胞病毒多角体(OBs)产量在78～110个之间,其中克隆株QB-Tn-A多角体产量最高达110个,略高于BTI-Tn5Bl-4和QB-Tn9-4s,明显高于Sf-9细胞;克隆株QB-Tn-E、H、A和C的fIJ芽性病毒(BV)产量与原始细胞系(3.37×107TCID50/mL)接近,而其它4株均低于原始细胞系.     

AcMNPV as a model for baculovirus DNA replication

Baculoviruses were first identified as insect-specific pathogens, and it was this specificity that lead to their use as safe, target specific biological pesticides. For the past 30 years, AcMNPV has served as the subject of intense basic molecular research into the baculovirus infectious cycle including the interaction of the virus with a continuous insect cell line derived from Spodoptera frugiperda. The studies on baculoviruese have led to an in-depth understanding of the physical organization of the viral genomes including many complete genomic sequences, the time course of gene expression, and the application of this basic research to the use of baculoviruses not only as insecticides, but also as a universal eukaryotic protein expression system, and a potential vector in gene therapy. A great deal has also been discovered about the viral genes required for the replication of the baculovirus genome, while much remains to be learned about the mechanism of viral DNA replication. This report outlines the current knowledge of the factors involved in baculovirus DNA replication, using data on AcMNPV as a model for most members of the Baculoviridae.     

杆状病毒介导的基因传递逃避补体攻击的措施

血清补体系统是杆状病毒介导基因传递过程中的主要抑制因素.概述逃避补体攻击的有效措施:选择免疫赦免组织作为杆状病毒介导基因传递的靶标,例如眼睛、脑和睾丸;体外转导也能有效地逃避补体的攻击;利用补体的药理抑制剂或者对杆状病毒载体进行加工修饰,例如聚合物包被、假型化和展示补体抑制剂等,可以消除杆状病毒对补体的敏感性.有效地逃避补体攻击有助于杆状病毒广泛应用于基因治疗.